Human Resources Manager

Clarity Recruitment; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Recruitment is assisting a private Ontario manufacturer in finding an HR Generalist to own the full HR mandate across three sites. You will manage labour relations, health & safety, recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and HR policy while partnering with the CFO on benefits and legacy matters.

This role involves building a KPI‑linked bonus, leading safety committees, and delivering a 12‑month HR roadmap to support a major ERP transition. A calm, structured leader is preferred.

Qualifications

• Unionized manufacturing HR experience required.
• Proven ability to design HR policies and roadmaps.
• Strong KPI/dashboard experience in HR.
• Experience with payroll oversight/backups is a plus.
• Involvement in ERP/transitions is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own full HR generalist functions across three Ontario sites.
• Lead labour relations and health & safety compliance.
• Partner with CFO on benefits and legacy matters.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting and rebuild onboarding.
• Design KPI dashboards and a 12-month HR roadmap.

Skills

Unionized environment experience

Multi-site coordination

HR metrics & dashboards

Performance management

Labor relations

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Ceridian Dayforce

Dynamics 365

HRIS

Job description

Location: Headquartered in Southern Ontario with multiple regional facilities

Industry: Manufacturing

Position Type: Backfill

About the Opportunity

Our client is a well-established, privately held manufacturer of engineered material components serving the automotive, industrial, and construction sectors. The company has decades of history in its space and is currently investing in modernizing its operations, including a transition to a new ERP platform.

Reporting directly to the General Manager and without direct reports, you'll own the full HR generalist mandate across their three sites — labour relations, health & safety, recruiting and onboarding, performance management, and policy — while partnering closely with the CFO on benefits and legacy matters. The Leadership is looking for someone who can bring structure, discipline, and a calm, steady hand to a fast-moving and unionized environment.

This is a build role. You'll design the company's KPI-linked bonus program, stand up joint health & safety committees across all sites, and author a 12-month HR roadmap that will shape how the function runs going forward while supporting business transformations. If you are an HR Manager who wants real ownership rather than executing someone else's playbook, this is a rare chance to rebuild the infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HR generalist functions across three Ontario manufacturing sites
• Serve as the frontline point of contact for a unionized workforce, handling day-to-day labour relations matters with composure and sound judgment
• Partner with the CFO and outside counsel on benefits administration, legacy HR matters, and collective bargaining support (negotiation itself is handled externally)
• Lead full-cycle recruiting and rebuild the onboarding process to improve new-hire ramp-up and retention
• Design and roll out KPI dashboards and metrics to bring structure to performance management
• Establish and support joint health & safety committees across all sites
• Update and publish core HR policies, and develop a 12-month HR roadmap within the first several months
• Act as emergency backup to process payroll (currently Ceridian Dayforce) for a workforce of roughly 160–190 employees
• Help design and implement a KPI-linked bonus structure replacing the current discretionary bonus.
• Strengthen the organization's recruiting and applicant-tracking capability
• Support the HR/workforce-data side of a company-wide ERP transition

What You Bring

• Progressive HR generalist experience in a unionized, multi-site manufacturing environment
• Composed under pressure, with the resilience to stay steady through friction in a fast-paced shop-floor setting
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills, with the discipline to triage competing demands without becoming a bottleneck
• Clear, proactive communicator who escalates issues on a timely basis rather than letting them sit
• Comfortable setting boundaries and structuring working relationships, rather than trying to be everything to everyone
• Experience building or working within HR metrics/KPI dashboards
• Hands‑on experience with performance management processes and workforce planning

Nice to Have

• Exposure to collective bargaining processes (negotiation experience not required, but familiarity is an asset)
• Experience improving or building onboarding programs from scratch
• Exposure to an ERP implementation (Dynamics 365 or similar)

Clarity Recruitment and our client are firmly committed to fostering diversity within our community. Our clients welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of their staff, including, but not limited to, women, visible minorities, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Please notify us if you require accommodation in the application process.